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XLIV. CONNARACEiE 



[Connarus 



Western Ghats from tlie Koiikaii soutliwards. Fl. Febrnary-Juno Ceylon, dry 

 region. 2. C. RitcMei, Hook, f . Gliats of the Konkan and North Kanara/ x>roha"bly 

 albo further south. A shrnb, possibly albo climbing. Fl. crowded, petals ^-J in., cap- 

 sule oblongj rounded at the top, base cordate. 3. C. Wiglitii, Hook, f . A lotty climber^ 

 common in the eyergreeii Ghat forests of INorth Kanara and Belganm. Leaflets 4-5 in.^ 

 sec. n. 5-7 pair, petals I in., capsules compressed, almost semicircular, shining, stx'ongly 

 striate. 



Fig. 98. — Connarus monocarpus, Linn. ^. 



B. Eastern species. Leaflets quite glabrous beneath, valves of the capsule 

 pubescent or sericeou.s within. 



4. C. paniculatus, Roxb. M. Ind. iii. 139. Yern. mc^^ii, Upper Bu.rma. 



An evergreen climbing shrub (in Chittagong a large tree, Eoxb.), glabrous 

 except inflorescence. Leaflets 3-~7, coriaceous, glossy above, 3-5 in. long. 

 Panicle pubescent, spreading. Sepals pubescent, petals |-J in. long, linear, 

 slightly narrowed towards the base, filaments hairy, ovary tomentose. 

 Capsule at first softly tomentose, when mature glabrous and shining, IJ-IJ in. 

 long. 



Assam, Khasi hills, Chittagong. Large rapids (Hatgyi) on the Sal ween (P.B., May, 

 1859), Amherst (B.B., April, 1880). Fl. March-June. Evergreen forests, Upper Burma, 

 Hmangin at 2,500 ft. (Smales, Dec, 1901) To this I refer specimens collected hy 

 Br. Henry in Yunnan. 5. C. gibbosus, "Wall. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 827. Pegu, Tenasserim 

 and Andamans. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, petals ohlanceolate, glahrous, capsule compressed, 

 rusty tomentose when young, glahrous when mature, obliquely striate, compressed, 

 obovate, IJ in. long. 4 and 5 may possibly turn out to be the same species. 6. 0. nico- 

 ijaricuB, King in Journ. As. Soc- Beng. 6Q (1898), 6. Nicobar islands. Scandent, 

 Leaflets broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, 24-4J in. long, petals linear, pubescent on 

 both surfaces. Capsule sessile, broad, obtuse, IJ in. long. 7. C. latifolius, Wall. 

 Tenasserim. Capsule cylindrical, obtuse, | in. long, suddenly narrowed into a stalk 

 i in. long. 8. C. grandis, Jack ; King lo. 7. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. Leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, 4-12 in. long. Capsule obliquely ovoid, 1J~1| in. long, woody. 



